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Friday, September 13, 2013

September 20th Lee MPO Peer Exchange--Broward County MPO Officials

This third in the series of Peer
Exchanges will feature Broward County MPO officials who will be making a presentation on Sept. 20th to the Lee MPO Board. We
hope that many elected officials, staff, committee members, and interested
organizations and citizens will take advantage of this opportunity to learn
from Broward County as the Lee MPO prepares to develop its 2040 LRTP.

Another
important agenda item for the 9/20 MPO Board meeting is the adoption of the MPO
Bicycle Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (BPSAP). Click here for the blog post on the BPSAP issue.

Overview

This
presentation will be the third in a series of "Peer Exchanges" by the
Lee MPO Board to learn from other communities' experiences as the MPO begins
the process of developing its 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
This informative series of Peer to Peer Exchanges not only benefit the MPO
Board, but also provide an excellent opportunity for staff and citizens
throughout Lee County to be a part of the conversation.

At the Sept. 20th Lee MPO Board meeting, Broward County's Mayor Kristin
Jacobs, and Broward MPO Executive Director, Gregory Stuart, will do a
presentation about their innovative transportation plan, which includes a shift
from road capacity expansion to transit investments, transit funding
innovations, better integration of land use and transportation planning, and
implementation of its newly adopted Complete Streets program.

Over the past two years, Lee County
staff and advocates have collaborated with our counterparts in Broward County as
we both work on complete streets implementation.Both communities have benefited from sharing
our experiences and ideas.We look
forward to hearing about their latest action--this week's Broward MPO Board endorsement
of a Model Complete Streets Policy and
Planning Framework (based on the Model Design Manual for Living Streets
developed by LA to serve as a national template for local communities
implementing complete streets).

Gregory Stuart, Broward MPO ED

The meeting will take place on Friday, Sept. 20th starting at 9 a.m. in
the Cape Coral City Council Chambers (1015 Cultural Park Blvd., Cape Coral
33990).There is an opportunity for
public comment after each agenda item, including this presentation.Click here for the agenda package for the MPO Board meeting.

About BikeWalkLee Blog

This is the official Blog for BikeWalkLee.org. BikeWalkLee is a community coalition raising public awareness and advocating for complete streets in Lee County -- streets that are designed, built, operated and maintained for safe and convenient travel for all users: pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities.